Cabrini Redux

[johnnyrichards]

Re: Cabrini Redux

Anyone know where these are right now?

[isaeagle4031]

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Nope. But I'm hoping :D

[greywarden]

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They're hiding in my bushes, johnny, I can see they're creepy little tweeters staring into my window...

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Really?

[johnnyrichards]

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Really?

Nah, just teasing a bit ;)

[Kompressed]

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So how do these compare to the original cabrini? I was looking to throw something together as surrounds, and it looks like this might fit the bill.

[johnnyrichards]

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It is a definite upgrade.

[careyink]

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It is a definite upgrade.

While the cabrinis were my first build, thank you Johnny! I have the cabrinis and center for my downstairs system right now and I am pleased. Some of it is the fact that I built speakers that make sound but as a competitive I thought that the cabrinis were running right with the BA bookshelves that I paid much much for a couple years ago. This has me very intrigued with this but I am moving on however I would not hesitate to build these for someone. Note I have heard these so this might not be of any help. But if you are a budget builder I would go for it.....

[nicholas_23]

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Nick had them most of the weekend, and Lowell just picked them up this afternoon. Hopefully they both have good things to say about them!

into the cab
Thought out branding these before they went out the door..sticker , decal, actual brand ...whaahaaa. curious to see the tour of this these guys and what peoples think

[Brian Steele]

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Hard to think of these as Cabrinis v2 without piezos handling the upper frequencies

[Kompressed]

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Johnny- Back to using these as surrounds... Could I make them taller, while keeping the same baffle width and depth? It would get them closer to ear level, without having to make stands, and I figure may help the bottom end a little.

[johnnyrichards]

Re: Cabrini Redux

Hard to think of these as Cabrinis v2 without piezos handling the upper frequencies

For sure! I actually considered using one of the other piezos PE is selling under the GRS brand, but decided to use one of the dome tweeters instead.

[johnnyrichards]

Re: Cabrini Redux

Johnny- Back to using these as surrounds... Could I make them taller, while keeping the same baffle width and depth? It would get them closer to ear level, without having to make stands, and I figure may help the bottom end a little.

Absolutely - just keep driver geometry consistent from the top of the cabinet and it will change hardly anything.

[Brian Steele]

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For sure! I actually considered using one of the other piezos PE is selling under the GRS brand, but decided to use one of the dome tweeters instead.

You should try the "Frankenpiezo" - a GRS 1016 back attached to a GW 1016 front. The result seems to have a pretty smooth response for a piezo. Good down to 3K or so. I was going to use them in my "Blastereens" design, but got sidelined with Chick-V just before my Christmas vacation...

[johnnyrichards]

Re: Cabrini Redux

You should try the "Frankenpiezo" - a GRS 1016 back attached to a GW 1016 front. The result seems to have a pretty smooth response for a piezo. Good down to 3K or so. I was going to use them in my "Blastereens" design, but got sidelined with Chick-V just before my Christmas vacation...

I believe I saw your work along those lines, and I was intrigued - alas, fresh out of all but the 10" subwoofers in the GRS line. Those are going to be very fun, I think.